Boys' name · since 2005
Anar
Anar has 59 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,949 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 59
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
59 boys have been named Anar since 2005, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Anar has 59 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2023.
- #20,949 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 59 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anar ranks #20,949 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,949 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 59
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anar's 59 recorded births place it above 53.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Anar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anar's full recorded timeline at 2015, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Anar by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (32 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Anar's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Anar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 32 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Anar's decade-level peak was the 2010s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.